In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 101 Qingshui's Judgment

The Third Kazekage set up a tight network to target White Fang.

At first, the plan went smoothly.

After many plots, the team led by White Fang was surrounded by his teammates, who used the entire team as bait in order to allow Hatake Sakumo to continue the mission.

The Third Kazekage personally led more than a dozen jonin to encircle and kill Hatake Sakumo, but he was caught off guard by a mistake and at the critical moment Hatake Sakumo judged that this was a trap, so he moved on the spot, intending to rescue his teammates and then break out.

Fortunately, the Third Kazekage reacted in time and hurriedly led his men to chase after him.

By the time White Fang's elite squad finally succeeded in breaking through, most of his companions had died, and White Fang himself was seriously injured again, much more seriously than the last time.

"Chiyo-sensei."

Shimizu suddenly called out to Chiyo.

"I think our pressure in the Rain Country should be reduced a lot."

"Oh? Tell me what you think."

Chiyo was smiling as she drank her tea.

White Fang was beaten again, and the happiest person was of course her.

She was the one who suffered the most regret, because White Fang was not dead.

"First of all, there is the direct impact of White Fang's serious injury. Konoha had previously let Hatake Sakumo carry out such a mission, which means that Konoha's top leaders must be eager to change the situation on their western front. There, their disadvantage is the greatest. Now that hope has been dashed, the situation will continue to get worse. Konoha will definitely send reinforcements to the western battlefield to strengthen its defense, unless the Third Hokage wants to be beaten to Mount Kikyo by us."

"That's true, but Konoha is the most powerful of the five great ninja villages. What if they have backup forces in the village?"

Chiyo spoke slowly and calmly, as if she was testing Shimizu at school.

"But at least they need a strong person who can compete with the Third Kazekage for a certain period of time. Hatake Sakumo was severely injured by the Third Kazekage twice within a year, causing the western front of Konoha to collapse. If I were a high-ranking official in Konoha, I would definitely think that White Fang's ability is not enough to resist the Third Kazekage, and I would definitely dispatch a new expert while White Fang is seriously injured and returning to the village to recuperate."

"Well, then who do you think Konoha will let go?"

Chiyo nodded, and was quite satisfied with Shimizu's judgment, so she continued to ask.

"Orochimaru."

"Go on, tell me why it was Orochimaru."

"The Third Hokage is staying in Konoha. I don't think a so-called ninja hero is afraid of death. He is more likely to lead the reserve forces to be vigilant against Kirigakure and Kumogakure. He will definitely not go into battle himself. Mito Kado En is the commander of the western front, but his strength is still inferior to White Fang. He is just more experienced and is a classmate and confidant of Sarutobi Hiruzen. He is a high-ranking official of Konoha, so he can sit firmly in the position of commander.

As for barely dealing with the Sandaime, I think he might have the ability to do so, but he will never be able to reverse the situation. Utatane Koharu is even weaker than her. Not to mention that if the Kumogakure and Kirigakure send troops and the Third Hokage goes to war, Utatane Koharu will have to stay behind to take charge of the logistics and manage the overall situation in Konoha Village. She will not be able to take action.

Danzo Shimura is indeed a bit stronger, but he is now the commander of the front line of the Rain Country. There has been no major chaos on the front line of the Rain Country. If the Third Hokage wants to play it safe, he will definitely not replace him, so the candidate should be one of the three ninjas.

Orochimaru has proven his command ability on the battlefield of the Rain Country. He is powerful and capable enough to be qualified for this position.

Everyone also knows that the most likely successor chosen by the Third Hokage is Orochimaru. If the way is to be paved for Orochimaru to take over as the Fourth Hokage many years later, then it is necessary to let him take on this role and cultivate confidants. "

"As expected of my disciple, your analysis is very thorough!" Chiyo is now more and more satisfied with his disciple.

Not only is he talented and improving rapidly, he also has a good brain.

As it grows in the future, the Sand Village can be guaranteed not to decline in the next few decades.

"Most of what you said was correct, except for one minor error in judgment."

Chiyo took out another document.

"This is the mission report sent by the reconnaissance team. The Konoha ninjas are currently regrouping supplies and manpower.

Whether it is Orochimaru or Danzo Shimura, they are both relatively radical people, but Orochimaru is more rational while being radical, while Danzo tends to use more and more cunning tricks when he is radical.

Konoha will indeed dispatch a top expert to leave the Rain Country as you said, most likely it will be Orochimaru as you said, but it seems that they would rather mobilize all their strength to fight us before leaving. After all, if one of them leaves, it will be easier for them to win in the Rain Country battlefield in the future."

"That means there will be a war soon?"

Chiyo nodded slightly.

"Your team's strength has improved rapidly. You now basically have the strength of a jonin. Ye Cang and Maki combined are enough to be comparable to a jonin. With two more jonin, it is equivalent to an elite team composed entirely of jonin. It is enough to carry out some important missions."

Chiyo waved her sleeves, turned around and looked at the map hanging on the wall.

"Reina is Danzo's man, codenamed 'Miko'. Your teacher Ebizo personally took action and cooperated with the intelligence ninja to dig out some important information from Reina's brain. Although after that, Reina was killed because of the seal set by Danzo."

"Combined with the information we found in the head of the Sarutobi clan jonin we captured last time, we were able to catch several key figures in Konoha and roughly identify several storage bases Konoha had set up on the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire."

Chiyo marked the map one by one with a pencil, pointing out four locations in a row.

"When the war begins, Konoha will definitely send out all its main forces. Even if there is some protection in the rear, it will certainly be weakened. Your team is quite strong, but usually you either stay in the logistics department or perform some missions that are not A-level. Konoha's intelligence department will not have a correct assessment of your strength. In other words, in Konoha's view, we have an extra team with all the strength of jonin out of thin air."

"But... Captain Feng Shang should be quite famous. It shouldn't be that easy for him to hide himself."

"That's right, so we will also send two jonin who are on the same level as Feng Shang Qianlan, but who should not appear at this time, to carry out the mission with you."

Chiyo smiled slightly and replied.

"Then they are..."

"You'll find out tomorrow."

The next day.

Outside the Sand Village camp.

Qingshui and the other two were fully dressed and finally waited for the two people they were waiting for.

(End of this chapter)